Headlines in Manchester December 11: Manchester named as one of the 100 best cities in Europe, Illegal tobacco products seized in Bury & Peter Kay performs three secret stand-up gigs in Bolton.
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00:00 Hello, I'm Emma Higgins with your Manchester Headlines.
00:05 Manchester has been named as one of the 100 best cities in Europe in a report by Resonance
00:10 Consultancy. The city ranked 33rd in the list which was topped by London and in total 17
00:16 UK cities made the cut including Oxford, Edinburgh and Bristol.
00:20 Eight shops in Bury selling illegal tobacco have been raided by police and trading standards
00:25 officers helped by two Springer dogs. The specially trained Springer dogs sniffed out
00:30 13,000 illegal cigarettes, 6 kilos of illegal hand-rolling tobacco and 700 vapes.
00:36 And finally, Peter Kay performed three secret fundraising gigs on his return to the stage
00:40 in Bolton. The comedian, actor and writer held three stand-up gigs at Bolton's Oxford
00:46 Oxygen Theatre on the 10th of December, his first time on stage in his hometown in 20
00:51 years.
00:52 That's your local headlines for now.
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